TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES iii 



TABLE iv 



ABSTRACT 1 



NOMENCLATURE 1 



INTRODUCTION 2 



LIFTING LINE THEORY 3 



BLADE CAVITY INTERFERENCE 3 



SUPERCAVITATING CASCADE THEORY ..... A 



INFLOW ANGLE INFLUENCED BY CAVITIES 6 



OPTIMUM DISTRIBUTION OF HYDRODYNAMIC PITCH 7 



INFLOW RETARDATION 7 



COMPUTER PROGRAM 7 



NUMERICAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 9 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 15 



APPENDIX A - LEADING-EDGE CAVITY THICKNESS FOR A GIVEN 



CAVITY LENGTH 17 



REFERENCES 19 



LIST OF FIGURES 



1 - Flow Chart of Computer Program of the Preliminary Design 



of Supercavitating Propeller 8 



2 - Pitch Distributions of Lifting Line Design for 



Supercavitating Propeller Model 3770, 



Case 1 10 



3 - Pitch Distributions of Lifting Line Design for 



Model 3770, Case 2 H 



4 - Pitch Distributions for Model 3870 11 



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